Thank you to Martha Lowder Kimball, ’64, for sharing this questionnaire. To see how the responses were presented, go to
REUNION QUESTIONNAIRE
Below please find the questionnaire that will be used to produce the reunion book that so many of you have suggested. Each of you will have a designated page (or two or three) for your yearbook photo, a current photo if you would be a sport and email us one, and your answers, verbatim, to the Section I questions. We’ve asked them in a general, open way so that there are no “right answers.” Write whatever you want to, and have some fun. Anything will be appreciated, from pithy to loquacious.
There will be a separate Section II for answers that will be compiled anonymously and reported statistically for everyone’s amusement and edification.
Please respond to the questions in email format with each answer below the related question. Thanks!
DEADLINE: ______
SECTION I (answers will be quoted verbatim)
1. What would you like to tell your classmates about your family (spouse, partner, children, etc.)?
2. What would you like to tell your classmates about your post-secondary education?
3a. (men) How did you deal with the question of military service?
3b. (women) How did you react to “women’s lib”?
4. What odd jobs, paid or unpaid, have you performed apart from your primary career?
5. How would you describe your primary career?
6. In what cities have you lived since high school?
7. What aspect of Milne has had the greatest impact on your life?
8. Was there one particular teacher who made a difference?
9. What are your memories of Milne, the physical complex?
10. What is your most vivid memory of an extracurricular activity?
11. What do you remember best about the day JFK was shot?
12. Do you recall anything humorous about gym class, in general or in particular?
13. Do you recall anything humorous that took place in an academic class?
14. What do you recall about a particular student teacher?
15. What have you accomplished that your classmates might not know about (please brag)?
16. Who are the most well-known people you have met?
17. What about you will surprise your classmates the most?
SECTION II (to be tallied anonymously)
1. How many years of post-secondary education did you receive?
2. How many years did you serve in the military?
3. At what age did you first get married (if applicable)?
4. How long was your longest marriage?
5. How many times have you been married?
6. How many times have you been divorced?
7. How many children do you have?
8. How many grandchildren do you have?
9. What is your favorite type of music?
10. What is your favorite romantic song (or artist) from the Milne years?
11. Have you ever played an instrument or sung professionally?
12. Have you ever taken part in community theatre?
13. Have you ever acted professionally?
14. Do you currently belong to a gym?
15. Have you ever played a sport professionally or as a semi-pro?
16. What is your favorite spectator sport?
17. What is currently your favorite participation sport?
18. Will you try to lose weight for the reunion?
19. Have you ever attended the Super Bowl?
20. Have you ever attended the summer Olympics?
21. Have you ever attended the winter Olympics?
22. What is your favorite pro team in any sport?
23. Are you registered with a political party?
24. Have you ever run for political office?
25. For whom did you cast your first presidential vote?
26. Were you at Woodstock?
27. Did you participate in any anti-war protests during the war in Vietnam?
28. Do you have a current passport?
29. What is the most interesting foreign place you’ve visited?
30. What is the most interesting American location you’ve visited?
31. What ambition still motivates you?
32. Do you consider yourself retired?
33. If so, for how many years have you been retired?
32. Is either of your parents still living?
33. Have you exceeded or fallen short of the educational and career goals you set in high school?
34. If you could be a teenager again, would you go back in time?